tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31147228.post2313945897956126137..comments2023-12-20T04:59:07.043-08:00Comments on ink destroyed my brush: Autobiography and the Curse of the Storyinkdestroyedmybrushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09037083364689982443noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31147228.post-40018509618445760102009-04-29T15:27:00.000-07:002009-04-29T15:27:00.000-07:00probably true, with regards to the potential for c...probably true, with regards to the potential for changes to "this drifting life". Again, there are better ways to say it, so i'll try here: I wasn't in postwar japan, nor part of his family, so I'll never know if he deliberately changed things in the autobiorgraphy, but in reality i'm far more interested in his "preceptions" of growing up then and doing his initial work in manga than a dry account of his personal history. <br /><br />You're right that movies with autobiographic intent are viewed differently given that the public expects more from them, and the visual of movies places itself in the brain with the permanence of cement sometimes. I know that I wasn't there with Sid and Nancy at the Chelsea Hotel, but i sure a hell think that i was the film was so good. <br /><br />great comments, thanks for sharing.<br /><br />continuing the thoughts today...inkdestroyedmybrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09037083364689982443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31147228.post-6572660628071096842009-04-29T09:29:00.000-07:002009-04-29T09:29:00.000-07:00I've always liked the line from a Sandman story th...I've always liked the line from a Sandman story that had some creature watching a play and proclaim (something to the effect of) "What is this thing, that isn't true and says true things?"<br /><br />But while fully cognizant of, and I'd like to think mostly forgiving of, the vagaries and the dodges of memory and POV for memoirs and the like, I do think that expectations of attempted fidelity in things that are going to label themselves autobiography carries some weight. Perhaps because I think of this topic mainly in context of movies, which hold a much stronger hold in popular knowledge than comics will, charitably a place where fudging for narrative drive is pretty common, I wouldn't make the blanket comment re: A Drifting Life that it's alright to change to suit a story. It's already a very different work than Tomine's by it's very relationship to the audience. I'd like to think that one might extend a little forgiveness for it's storyline in return for the faith that the teller is dealing with us truthfully. Basically, I think there's still a line between autobiographical influences in fiction and actual autobiography, and what ought to be acceptable between them.hcduvallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08271032072494870642noreply@blogger.com